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The Colour Purple: Black history movie Breakdown
Friday April 22nd 6.30m to 9.30pm. £8.00 entry
Karibu centre, 7 Gresham road, Brixton
This event will start at 6.30pm Latecomers may not get a seat. Bring pen and pad and be on time! Full details HERE
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Medical Apartheid: 400 years of European Experiments on African Bodies
Saturday April 30th, 2-5pm @
Oxford street tube. Address and free tickets HERE
A review of the scientific experiments and research performed on Black
people to refine various drugs and medical treatments for use with white people. We also detail chemical and biological warfare.
This presentation will draw on Harriet Washington's book of the same name, various documentation from World War 1 and 2, Aboriginal history, Vietnam, US Prisons, Porton Down, Ivory coast, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Australia, Nigeria, Somalia, Kenya and South Africa .We
will cover:
- Piracy, Poisons and East Africa
- Radioactive People: North Africa and the Pacific
- Birth and Crowd Control: The South African Solution, Project Coast
- National Security Memorandum 200
- Vic Mackie and Congressional Inquiries
- The 'War on Drugs', Haiti, Jamaica, USA
- The Mau Mau, Kenya, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan
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Captain America, Winter Soldier: Black history movie Breakdown
Friday April 29th 6.30m to 9.30pm. £8.00 or book HERE
Karibu centre, 7 Gresham road, Brixton
Captain America 2 (Winter Soldier) broke box office records in 2014 and introduced us to a new Black superhero. The sequel (Civil War) hits cinemas soon. However the original movie owes a great deal to some shocking African-American history. Like blockbusters such as Captain Phillips, where factual history is turned on its head ( the reason Somalis began hijacking European/US ships was due to such ships dumping toxic and nuclear waste into Somali waters resulting in human birth defects) some facts are missing for the sake of entertainment. Building on our previous movie breakdowns and presentations ( African Superheroes Day, X Men, Planet of the Apes and How to Brainwash the Youth and Make them act like Fools! ) We present a forensic breakdown on the imagery and hidden black history in this superhero instalment. We will cover:
History of Black Superhero The Falcon
History of Black Superhero Black Panther
The hidden Civil Rights connections
The real Black Panthers
Black War veterans, WW2 to Vietnam
How Hollywood perverts history via movies like Captain Phillips, Act of Valor,Top Gun, Transformers, Lone Survivor and others
The Military Industrial Complex
The 'war on terror'
Disney vs Marvel on Race and Representation
Get your tickets in advance HERE
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Tracing my African roots to Jamaica via the English aristocracy
Saturday April 30th 6-9pm. Euston/Warren St tube
Book free ticket HERE donations accepted on the day
- James Dawkins as part of his Phd study, spent over 3 years tracing his African roots from Jamaica to England and a well known and very wealthy, white British family.. the Dawkins. One of the most significant revelations of his research is the colossal financial wealth generated by the Dawkins’ through the ownership of over 25,000 acres of land and over 2,000 enslaved Africans, making the family one of the wealthiest, largest landholding and prolific slave-owning dynasties in the history of British-Caribbean slavery
James will talk about his fascinating exploration of centuries-old archives hidden in attics, intriguing meetings with the Dawkin's family and reveal suppressed statistics of death rates for Africans on Jamaican plantations, He will also talk about his exploration of the ruined and 'lost' Sutton plantation in the remote overgrown outback of Clarendon and his discovery of a little known African rebellion in 1690 when 400 enslaved Africans burned down the plantation and ran away to the mountains never to return again.
We will also hear from Adrian Stone about his ancestor, an African Woman named Ebo Venus who came to Kellits Slave plantation in Jamaica in the 1790’s from Nigeria. Plus Q and A
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Black History Walks
Secrets of Soho 2.30pm Saturday 7th May
St Pauls/Bank 2pm 2nd May Bank Holiday Monday
Notting Hill 11am 2nd May Bank Holiday Monday
Trafalgar Square 10.30am Saturday 30th April
As seen on BBC TV. Voted top 10 walks in London by the Guardian
Booking details HERE.
"'I attended the walk today with my family, and I must say it was brilliant, it was a true eye opener for me and my kids. I have been working in the construction industry for over 20 years and today was the first time I felt inspired and not alone. It was a true honour to hear how far our history went back in time and I was so glad my kids were part of that experience. Your guide made my kids feel involved which in turn captured their interest. My kids and I continued talking well after the walk was finished and well into the evening, so again thank you and I can't wait to attend one of the talks! Denise Smith, Electrical Engineer
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RACE the Jesse Owens Story . Film premiere
Wednesday 1st June 6pm
@BFI Southbank
Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. “Race” is an enthralling film about courage, determination, tolerance, and friendship, and an inspiring drama about one man’s fight to become an Olympic legend.
Watch trailer here http://www.focusfeatures.com/race
TICKETS NOT ON SALE UNTIL 1ST MAY
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Star Wars Black History Movie Breakdown Pt 1 and 2
Brixton tube
Friday 6/13th May 6.30-9pm. book HERE
Star Wars, created by George Lucas, is an enormous 40 year old, billion dollar franchise full of Black history. Lucas, got in trouble on 30 December 2015 when he stated that selling Star Wars to Disney (for 4 billion dollars) was like selling his children to white slavers ! What was he talking about ? Join us in this special double breakdown where, apart from the obvious Black actors/producers/writers, we will go deep into the situations, history and philosophy of the Star Wars universe and the African connections and metaphors. We will also deal with the personal prejudice and discrimination Lucas has encountered due to his anti-racist stance in Hollywood. We will cover:
- 'Race' in space
- The WW2 connection
- Disney's Dark invaders
- Black history hidden in plain sight
- What is the 'Force' ? The Ancient Egyptian link
- Science fiction and racial politics 1950's to 2015
- Tokens and true representation
- Emasculation and 'othering' the Black female body
- How white billionaires encounter and deal with racism
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Tanna: African love in the South Pacific plus Q&A
(Click on image to see trailer)
Sunday 8 May 3pm
Synopsis
Last chance to see ! It blew people away when first screened it at BFI Southbank and SO MANY people in the audience said they wanted to see it again we just had to show it.. A beautiful, fantastic,amazing film..
The first-ever film shot entirely in Vanuatu tells a story of forbidden love, rites of passage,global warming, respect for elders and African spirituality.
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Our 2016 African Science Fiction and Fantasy season (February to June) includes Battledream Chronicle Sunday 22nd May 2pm (click image above to see trailer) This action adventure cartoon has a heroic Black girl as the central character. She is the leader of the revolution against an alien force that has invaded the Caribbean.
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Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Haitian revolution. Film premiere
Saturday 2nd July 2pm
@BFI Southbank
Epic 3 hour action drama about the world famous slave revolt in Haiti which defeated the French, the British and the Spanish with African ingenuity. Tickets not available until one month before the date
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- For details of ALL Black History Walks coming events up to July 2016 click HERE
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Contact Black History Walks HERE
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